Sergeant Samuel Meekosha VC - 1 / 6th Bn, West Yorkshire Regiment


GRAVE LOCATION FOR HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN : GLAMORGAN, WALES

GLAMORGAN

Name John,
COLLINS
Samuel,
MEEKOSHA
Samuel,
VICKERY
Charles Burley,
WARD
Rank Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Company Sergeant Major
Force 25th Bn, Royal Welch Fusiliers 1 / 6th Bn, West Yorkshire Regiment 1st Bn, Dorsetshire Regiment 2nd Bn, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
VC won Beersheba, Palestine,
31 October 1917
Yser Canal, France,
19 November 1915
Tirah Campaign, India,
20 October & 16 November 1897
Lindly, 2nd Boer War,
26 June 1900
London Gaz 18 December 1917 22 January 1916 20 May 1898 28 September 1900
Born West Hatch, Somerset,
10 September 1880
Leeds, Yorkshire,
16 September 1893
Wambrook, Somerset,
6 February 1873
Leeds, Yorkshire,
10 July 1877
Died 3 September 1951,
Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan
8 December 1950,
Blackwood, Monmouthshire
20 June 1952,
Cardiff
30 December 1921,
Bridgend, Glamorgan
Grave Pant Cemetery, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan
( Image courtesy Memorials to Valour )
Glyntaff Crematorium, Pontypridd, Glamorgan Glyntaff Crematorium, Pontypridd, Glamorgan St Mary's Churchyard, Whitchurch, Cardiff, Glamorgan
Location
of VC
Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum, Caernarfon Sold at auction Dorset Regiment Museum, Dorchester Not publicly held
Remarks DCM Changed name to INGHAM in 1941 None None

GLAMORGAN

Name The Rt Hon Sir Tasker,
WATKINS
William Charles,
FULLER
Ivor,
REES

Rank Major Sergeant Company Sergeant Major
Force 5th Bn, Welch regiment 2nd Bn, Welch Regiment 11th Bn, South Wales Borderers
VC won Bafour, Battle of Falaise, France,
16 August 1944
Chivy-sur-Aisne, France,
14 September 1914
Pilckem, Belgium,
31 July 1917

London Gaz 2 November 1944 23 November 1914 14 September 1917
Born Nelson, Glamorgan,
18 November 1918
Laugharne, Carmarthenshire,
24 March 1884
Llanelli, Carmarthenshire,
18 October 1893

Died 9 September 2007,
Cardiff
29 December 1974,
Swansea
11 March 1967,
Llanelli, Carmarthenshire

Grave Thornhill Crematorium, Cardiff, Glamorgan Oystermouth Cemetery, Glamorgan
( headstone erected in 2005 )
Morriston Crematorium, Swansea, Glamorgan
Location
of VC
Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London
Not publicly held South Wales Borderers Museum, Brecon
Remarks GBE None None

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